Unit 22650

Category: Layer    dug in 2015

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: post fill 

Data Category Information: Location: cut; Description: posthole; Deposition: homogeneous

Discussion: This unit represents the fill of the central posthole in space 500, the largest of the postholes we have identified. It was a fairly deep deposit of burnt soil, with a layer of leaves at least on the very top, identified by the phytolith specialists. They have suggested that the leaves may be associated with the wheat grains found stored in space 556 and against the oven F. 7953. At the bottom of the post fill we found three pieces of obsidian, all coming from Nenezi Daĝ, with one complete blade and one exhausted core. They had been subjected to different levels of burning, suggesting that the ones that were burnt had been placed in a fire prior to their deposition in the cut [u22664]. Finding caches of obsidian in postholes is a phenomenon attested elsewhere at Catalhoyuk, but this instance is interesting for what it implies about the order of events prior to the building's destruction. 

Consistency: friable, firm closer to the bottom 

Colour: mid grey and orange 

Texture: sandy loam 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: charcoals and pieces of wood 

Post-depositional Features: none 

Basal Boundary: there was a big piece of wood at the bottom 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 22673 below: (Click to view the record) 22635 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 3 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 3

Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 3

Number of Related Diary Entries: 0

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Finds Room Information:

All material from site passes through the finds room for washing and separating before it is passed onto the various lab teams. The finds room keeps a basic inventory of what is found. A finds material type list is given here. Further analytical detail maybe provided by the Lab Team data below.

X Finds Material: nothing recorded  

Finds Material Stored: nothing recorded  

Lab Team Data

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